Reform is taking hold in many societies that are eager to join in the progress and prosperity of our times.

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Are they going to operate as a united bloc that will set clear red lines in order to join a Netanyahu government -- whether on the issue of progress in the peace process or socio-economic issues?

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There is ground to believe that Asia will join the West in the driver's seat of global progress in the next thousand years.

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Mr Hamilton hopes Turkey's aspiration to join the European Union could be used as leverage to get progress in the long-delayed case.

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In its latest progress report on Poland's fitness to join the European Union, which it hopes to do next year, the European Commission scolded Warsaw for not doing enough to tackle graft, especially in the police and border-guard services.

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